Russia Imperforated

Guys, need opinions on these Russia imperf and original gum stamps.See if there are any unusual details on these stamps. Am not sure, but looks like the first two stamps 35k,70k centre offset to the right and the 12th image brown 1 py6 looks like a centre double frame.Also uploaded some of the used Russian stamps. All opinions appreciated.Tks.















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What kind of opinion are you looking for?

Genuine/forgeries?
Quality?
Fair value?

Any info on these stamps will do. Genuine/forgeries/value/quality/any rarity or misprints and etc. Thanks Classicalstamps.

They look like postcard stamps

I like them, can you send me more photos?

Robi 13, give me your email address and will send you more pic of the Russia imperforate stamps.

I have seen them many times in pre WW2 cheap stamp albums from UK and USA, which means that they have been distributed allover the world to philatelists, as a low priced collectibles.

On the other hand, I have never seen any of them used on the letter, so I suppose that they have never been officially issued or used in large numbers.

You can find some of them sold on ebay for a small, symbolic prices...

www.ebay.com/itm/141926343062

www.ebay.com/itm/351710164362

www.ebay.com/itm/191850132136

not exactly same as yours, but you can get a feeling about their value from those auctions, I suppose...

Possible remainders of unperforated sheets, sold, as filipo suggests, to collectors and dealers at discount prices?

The imperf stamps are regular definitive stamps issued in 1917 by the Provisional Government, Scott cat. numbers between 119-133. Catalogue value is between 25-35 cents each, so not worth much I'm afraid. These were used into the Bolshevik/Communist era so any examples that are currently available would be due to the normal buy/sell situation of the day.

The first two bi-coloured stamps are pretty normal for this type of printing, the centres are OK & nothing special in terms of being off-centre. Similarly, I don't see anything special about the 1 rouble stamp. Everything that could go wrong with this stamp did go wrong, both the centre & frame are known printed double, inverted & omitted as well as the whole stamp being printed double & they are all quite common, being catalogued about $25 each (2012 prices). Your 1 rouble doesn't appear to be one of them.

The perf stamps were issued between 1889 & 1913 on various types of paper which differentiates their catalogue number. The 3,5 & 14 kopeck ones appear toned, plus short corners on the 5 & 14, so worth nothing. The 1k looks nice & is catalogued between 20-50 cents depending on the paper.